Holiday 2015

I love Burgh Island nina

Am off to New Zealand again in February (4th trip out there) to attend my daughter's wedding. Given half a chance, I would emigrate to NZ as I love the country, but I feel that my other two children (and my 3 grandchildren in the UK) may see that as selfish.......A topic for another forum, maybe?

At the moment the only thing I have planned is going to "Wor Gate"

Tenerife here we come February/March leaving the cold behind for 3 weeks. This is an annual event since retiring. Has been booked six months in advance then again we go in November missing the damp - this helps my husbands health as he has asthma which comes to the fore during these months.

"At the moment the only thing I have planned is going to "Wor Gate" "

Me too.

Australia and NZ for a month in a few weeks time for my 60th and DH's 65th. As we're both retiring on small pensions this could be our last "big" holiday until we win the lottery. We'll come back and cuddle up in our onesies with the heating turned off, watching those 600 episodes of Pointless we've recorded.

glass and crun, we're very posh, we'll be staying at Argate!

Well, glass crun and Ana, I haven't got a gate so I'll be staying 'round ours'

I am a grump in this department.
I get bored after 5 days anywhere. Dont know why.
I dont much care for lakes or mountains either.
One of my sons lives 5000 miles away, and wants us to visit. It is a very nice city according to everyone.
Am I looking forward to it? No.

Mm! (Thinks, have aload of Avios! Should I try to find a trip to the sun in lanzarotte?)
Definitely suffering from SAD at the moment!
Can't stop crying and no idea why?

Awe galen so very sorry to hear you are suffering from SAD get yourself off to catch the sun. We only live once in this wonderful life. Heres a little sun just for you. X

Galen, I've had a few weeks of crying as well; kicked in again last night. Prior to that I haven't cried much at all for years [except, obviously when sad things have happened]. It's a funny old time of year, isn't it....

Hate this time of year!

Can you get up to Edinburgh again for our Burns lunch, Galen ? That might cheer you up. There is even less light though, which could be counter-productive.

I would prescribe a SAD lamp and a crate of champagne.

I am going to Canada to see its alluring features and to meet younger brother. He lives there with her wife. We have a plan to visit the banff Natinal Park, Naigara Falls, and all other well known attraction and than move toward the New York City. Seem to be an exciting journey and I am crazy for it.

DH is prone to bouts of SAD. Took me years to persuade him to take a winter break to somewhere sunny. I'm a bit perturbed as this year's winter break isn't until the end of February which is rather too late. Hopefully planning for it will see him through. The weather having stayed good so late into the autumn and Christmas away with DD1 has already helped.

We're off on a barge trip in France in June. It looks fun but not exactly luxurious. It starts and finishes in Paris so I've booked us into lovely hotels (one grand hotel and one boutique) to bookend the trip. Have done ocean cruises and conventional river cruises before and fancied a change. Only 7 passengers as well as staff so expect this cruise to be a bit different. Should be fun. Just hope we get on with the other 5 passengers!

Can I be totally un-cool and raise the ugly subject of money?
Our youngest son is in New Zealand at the moment and hubby and I have booked flights to visit him next month. We'll be there for three weeks and plan to travel around, either in a campervan or hire a car and stay in motels. Either way, it's going to cost about £8k by the time we're finished (flights, car hire, hotels, spending money....)
It's not that we can't afford it - luckily we can - I'm really looking forward to it and it's going to be a special time. It's just that we've never spent a lot of money on holidays. Do people really spend this much? There seem to be quite a lot of glamorous holidays mentioned on this thread. Anyone brave enough to tell me how much they are spending? Anyone want to re-assure me that it will be money well-spent? Thanks!

I love to travel but OH won't fly which limits us somewhat and for various reasons travelling abroad isn't really for him so the holiday I hope we'll have when he retires in June will be on British soil most likely. I shall no doubt go to visit my son and his little family in Gibraltar once or twice and any other holiday abroad will depend on one of my daughters inviting me to join them if they have a holiday this year..
It does cut down the cost to stay with family but I did spend 3K 10yrs ago travelling in the USA with my brother and his wife. GrandmaKT your trip sounds lovely I'm sure you'll have some great times and memories from your trip..

Got myself a wee 2berth Caravan late last summer,only got away twice,so looking forward to taking my "wee house"around the country and visiting various campsites,accompanied by my dog Zeta who also loves it.

Scooter that sounds perfect to me
Casa Mia for us and fingers crossed for a hot summer
If sun was guaranteed here I wouldn't bother with going abroad, just spend the holidays exploring the British Isles.
Don't like winter either but foreign holidays not an option

grandmaKT your trip sounds like more than just a holiday. Yes its a lot of money but its an investment in a store of memories. You'll be spending money you would be anyway eg on food shopping etc. You only live once. Re paying for hols - I have a wee bank account which I pay into by dd each month. As its not in my main account I don't seem to miss it! Anyway this builds up and we either have a couple of wee hols or sometimes splurge (only after masses of time spent researching and hunting down the best bargains). One good thing about being older is that I m shameless about asking for reductions and or upgrades! However being British we mustn't talk about money!

GrandmaKT I spend £20 a night on my holiday. I know the landlady so special rates for friends, full apartment for me and my doggie, very comfortable, beach on the doorstep, shops, cafes, more friends, antique centres, all doggie friendly. Morecambe, you can't beat it!

We don't spend much on holiday because we don't eat or drink much; it isn't down to being tight [I hope] but we tend to eat very basic food and I hardly touch alcohol [which always seems to cost a lot when abroad anywhere]. We also try to use local public transport as much as possible because we get to meet the locals, and, if we do eat out try to find restaurants used by the locals as well. We take quite a lot of money with us when we go away but seem to return with a lot of it. If we get breakfast thrown in at our hotel that often lasts us till the evening as we don't usually eat breakfast. We're planning a trip to Australia at the moment but I think that will work out a lot more expensive than previous holidays.

Two weeks today we will be winging our way to New Zealand. This will be our third trip. The last trip was two days after the second earthquake in Christchurch! We were planning on staying with a friend and although her house only suffered some very minor damage she was without water, electric, sewage etc. a quick change of plan ensued and we flew to Queenstown and eventually caught up with her about ten days later albeit not at her home.
This time she is flying to Auckland to meet up with us and joining us on most of our travels. Only two weeks in North Island and then South via trains and ferry. So looking forward to it.